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HR 8957 117th Congress House Taxation Crime prevention Criminal justice information and records Firearms and explosives Government trust funds Hate crimes Inflation and prices Sales and excise taxes Violent crime

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022

Introduced: September 22, 2022 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sep 23, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced in House
Sep 22, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022

This bill increases by .5% the excise tax on firearms, including pistols, revolvers, and shells and cartridges. The bill establishes the Gun Violence Prevention Trust Fund into which the increased tax revenues are deposited to fund gun violence prevention programs. The Trust Fund creates separate accounts for violence prevention, gun violence research, hate crimes data collection and enforcement, and firearm forensics.

The bill also requires an inflation adjustment to the amount of the special tax on importers, manufacturers, and dealers in firearms and the transfer tax on firearms.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 17
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 4, 2022
 D
Auchincloss, Jake
Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 22, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 22, 2022
Brown, Anthony
· Sep 22, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 22, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Sep 22, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Sep 22, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Sep 22, 2022
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 22, 2022
Pascrell, Bill
· Sep 22, 2022
Porter, Katie
· Sep 22, 2022
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Sep 22, 2022
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 22, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8957: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8957/
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"H.R. 8957: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8957/.
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